[opensource-dev] Plugins/Modular architecture

[Lawson English]

  On 9/2/10 8:13 AM, Talia Tokugawa wrote:
> [...]
> I know this has been suggested before as friends have suggested it. 
> Why not make the viewer more Modular? Introduce a plugin architecture. 
> Allow any user to "build" their own client that fits their needs and 
> requirements.
>

Its a HUGE undertaking to do that. LL wasn't willing to tackle the issue 
directly years ago and they probably don't have the resources to do it 
now. It would have to be a community-lead effort and I'm not sure that 
developers are willing to invest the time to refactor the viewer at that 
level unless LL will be willing to seriously consider using the 
resulting re-architectured viewer.


Lawson